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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article D775-36

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 54-10-1n° 2019-1213 of 21 November 2019D. 54-10-2No. 2021-446 of 15 April 2021D. 54-10-3, D. 54-10-5 to D.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article D774-37

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article R5125-38

The pharmacist in charge referred to in articles L. 5124-2, L. 5124-7 and L. 5124-15 is required to declare each year, except in the case of pharmacists covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tariffs

Article 1001

The rate of the special tax on insurance contracts is set:1° For fire insurance:A 7% for fire insurance relating to non-exempt agricultural risks; generally speaking, the following are considered as h…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Article L142-1

…with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, les empreintes d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Transmission of information for the purpose of registering persons practising the profession of hearing aid acoustician, optician, prosthetist and orthotist for the fitting of orthopaedic devices for disabled persons

Article R4365-2

Articles R. 4333-7 and R. 4333-8 are applicable to hearing-aid acousticians, opticians, prosthetists and orthotists for the fitting of appliances to disabled persons, subject to the following adaptati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Performance of the credit agreement

Article R313-28

The indemnity provided for in the event of termination of the credit agreement may not exceed 7% of the sums due in respect of the outstanding capital plus accrued and unpaid interest.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R3352-2

Establishing a 3rd or 4th category on-trade premises without respecting the distances determined by prefectoral decree from existing premises in the same categories is punishable by a 5th class fine.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663 C

1. The advance payment calculated by the tax authorities under the conditions set out in Article 204 E is paid in twelfths no later than the 15th of each month of the year, in accordance with the proc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-29

The proposals for staff reports and the staff reports provided for in article R. 15-33-29-28 shall be drawn up on a form conforming to the model laid down by the Minister of Justice. They shall includ…

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